This Is Duncannon

08/27/2026

Today, the flag outside Duncannon Borough is flying at half-staff in honor of the one & only Dolly Parton 🦋

And right beneath it sits one of Duncannon’s Little Free Libraries.

That felt especially fitting today.
For more than 30 years, Dolly’s Imagination Library has put free books into the hands of millions of children.

And today, Susquenita went back to school.

So, Duncannon…an idea:

Let’s fill our Little Free Libraries with children’s books in honor of Dolly.

They’re tucked all around town along Market & High Streets, including spots many of our kids pass on their way to the bus stop every day.

Have some gently loved children’s books your family has outgrown?
Drop a few off.

Want to pick up a new favorite & leave it for another Duncannon child?
Even better.

And if your child spots a book they’d love to read, please take it ❤️
That’s EXACTLY why these little libraries are here.

This is not an official collection, there is no drop-off event…nothing complicated.
Just neighbors sharing books w. neighbors & putting a few more stories into the hands of Duncannon children… just the way Dolly would have wanted.

Grab a book. Leave a book.
Keep the stories & the love going 📚

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Duncannon Little Free Library Locations:

* Trail Laundry (inside): 25 South Market Street

* Duncannon Senior Citizens Center (sidewalk): 403 North Market

* Duncannon Borough Office(sidewalk):
428 N High Street

* Old Sled Works (Parking Lot - South end): 722 North Market Street

* Martz Farms (At entrance to Farmers Market Stand): 211 Delville Road

* Perry County Generations- Duncannon (At front of building): 606 N Market
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Have a site we forgot to list?
Let us know in the comments & we’ll include it here!

08/25/2026

08/24/2026

🌽 🥕 🍅
Let’s talk local farms - like Martz Farms
‘We never knew you were here!’

Sandy Martz told us they hear that all the time from folks who stop by Martz Farms for the first time - which is funny because, they’ve been here for more than a minute.

So long in fact, that Martz Farms was just honored at the PeCo Fair last week as one of Perry County’s Century Farms, recognizing a family farming legacy that stretches back more than 100 years!

Their STOCKED farmers market stand sits back along Dellville Road, just outside of town (but still convenient!), and is absolutely FILLED with produce grown & harvested right there on the farm.

My favorite part - they’re usually right there on site to greet & talk with you! (You can’t do that at the box box or chain grocery stores!)

At Martz you’re literally talking to the people who planted and grew your food - and buying it for considerably less, while supporting local families and farms.

Right now they have…
- Sweet corn, yellow, white & bi-color
- Tomatoes, including Roma & cherry
- Sweet candy onions
- Peppers & jalapeños
- Eggplant
- Watermelon & cantaloupe
- Cucumbers, squash, beans & more (berries too!) as they’re in season

The produce is picked fresh daily, so what you’ll find changes along with what’s ready in the fields.

And summer isn’t the end of it! Fall brings pumpkins, gourds, mums, corn stalks, & more, while hay & straw are available year-round. There’s even a Little Free Library on the property.

Martz Farms
211 Dellville Road, Duncannon
Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm (or until sold out)
Produce • Hay • Straw

***And if you’re one of the people saying, ‘Wait… I didn’t know this was here either!’ Now you do!

So go see Sandy & Ken Martz, grab some corn & tomatoes (and more!) and tell them This Is Duncannon sent you! Even if you don’t say it 😉 we just hope you’ll join us in supporting our local farms and farmers - and enjoy some amazing produce grown right here at home.

08/24/2026

This is Community.
Thank you, The Quilted Basket 🫶

08/20/2026

FREE FOOD handout for anyone in need 🫶

WHEN: Today Thursday (8/20/26) @ 5pm
WHERE: Duncannon Municipal Parkkng Lot on Market Street (the ‘new’ parking lot directly across from the Doyle on Market Street Street

First Come / First Serve & once supplies are handed out they’re done and will return next month.

Please go if you can benefit from this - it’s open to all - that’s why it’s here, to help all.

08/10/2026

8:13am UPDATE: a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED FOR DUNCANNON UNTIL 9am
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⚡️ ☔️ ⛈️ Heads up, Duncannon!
That really IS thunder you hear, even if the sky doesn’t look like storms are on the way.

By 8:15am a strong thunderstorm is expected to arrive in our area bringing potential for strong winds, pea-sized hail, and lightning. On the plus side, it will be gone fast! We don’t have a watch or warning - only a weather statement has been issued.
The skies aren’t too dark this morning & we don’t want anyone caught unaware on a walk or stuck in a storm.

08/09/2026

This one is a little outside our official 17020, but we found a hidden gem & we’re using this platform to tell you about it for a few reasons…

1. We love a good thrift haul any time of the year, and we love good humans. We found both.

2. It’s back to school time & for a lot of families that can mean stretching every dollar as far as it can reach.

3. Because we can 🤣

If you thrift, have kids, love a bargain, or get an unreasonable amount of joy from finding brand-name clothes for next to nothing, you need to know about Family Finds Thrift Store in Enola.

We found this tiny little shop tucked away in a mostly empty plaza at 358 East Penn Drive in Enola, and LISTENNNN.

It is small. It is PACKED. Clothes, shoes and more for the whole family, with prices that felt like we were stealing. And it was curated thrift - not a used / ‘dig through used clothes’ situation, more like a Plato’s Closet than a SalVal or Goodwill. They carried a load of new, name-brand & even designer & vintage clothing mixed in w/ absurd prices($1/$2/$5).

And right now, the sales are equally ridiculous:

* Today through closing at 5pm: Back to School Sale: ALL Kids’ clothing, size 10 and under, is $2.

* Today through August 9th: all Summer clothing is $3!

We aren’t sharing this only because of the prices - though we recognize that’s a help for many reading this! We also know a lot of you love to thrift like we do!

When we stopped in just to thrift one afternoon we ended up staying for HOURS. The owner could not have been kinder, stayed open late for us, brought us drinks while we shopped, chatted with us & gave us the kind of experience you remember because people just don’t treat people like that often enough anymore.

10/10, all the stars, no notes. Would shop again. ⭐️

Part of us would very much like to gatekeep this place forever. But the bigger part of us knows that tiny, tucked-away local businesses like this can only survive because somebody tells somebody else.

And we happen to have a pretty big ‘somebody else’ -
So consider yourselves told.

Go flood Family Finds with some Duncannon & PeCo love. Go treasure hunting & buy the $3 clothes & the brand-name treasures hiding on the racks. When you get there, tell them This Is Duncannon sent you.

Family Finds Thrift Store
358 East Penn Drive
Enola, PA

Their posted hours are Tuesday through Friday 4-8pm, Saturday 12-7pm & Sundays Sunday 12-5pm, but check their FB page before heading over for the latest hours & sale updates.

***TID is not associated or even affiliated with Family Finds. We just really, really like seeing good people and small businesses win.

08/08/2026

🎈 TODAYS THE DAY 🎈

Duncannon Main Street Committee hosts the annual ROCK THE BLOCK Party that will run from 4 to 8pm.

Market Street from the square to Broadway will be closed for festivities.

There will be food trucks - Johnny A's Smoke Shack & many others set up in Market Square!

Along with vendors, live music, and fun!

Vendors will include:
Squirrel Brain Farms
Dry Bones Soldiers Motorcycle Ministry
Cove Mountain Community Theatre
Duncannon Appalachian Trail Community
Wildflower and Willow Counseling LLC
Members 1st Credit Union
Duncannon Fire Company
Snuggable Stitches
Simply Wicked Craft LLO
Blue Ridge Communications
Perry County School of Dance
D and L creations
The Alder Hedge
Woodland Whimsy-crh
Dawns daydreams
Brewster Artworks
Your Best Behavior LLC, Duncannon, PA
Frey Co.
Fawn Cove
Hilltop Creations
Earth Craft Adventure Co.
Christ Lutheran
Perry County Animal Rescue-PCoAR
Little Fox Candle Co
Short & Curlies Animal Rescue & Sanctuary
Oh Look, Facepainting - by Amber

PLUS: a Souvenir cup for just $3, hot dog eating contest, and a corn on the cob eating contest for kids ages 8-15.

There will be karaoke at The Pub Duncannon & a dunk tank where you can take a shot at soaking everyone’s favorite principal - Mr Black among many others today too!

Be sure to check out the parking map we are sharing below so you know where to go and how to get there.

We’ll see you when the Main Street Committee ROCKS THE BLOCK today in Downtown Duncannon from 4-8pm.